At 05:51 2/7/01, p.j. wrote:
Excellent photos and website John! (not much on the music, though)
...but what about wildlife
f/9 is pretty doggon slow and I don't think any bird will wait for aperture
prefire
then again, I don't think I can get a bird to sit still long enough if I had
an f/2.8 either!
...except for maybe a stuffed Pasenger Pigeon
--p.j.
You can see I don't do much (any ??) wildlife and wouldn't recommend a
300/4.5 with 2X-A for it . . . not enough DOF control. I've only used the
combination a few times when it was clear the 300/4.5 alone wasn't long
enough; the subjects weren't moving much either. I freely admit the combo
has strong limitations. As I recall I stopped the 300/4.5 down to f/5.6
(eff. f/11) to keep it from being completely wide open. Wasn't expecting
anything great out of it, so what I did get was more than anticipated.
Did the moon shots because the sky was very clear, the opportunity was
there, and had never done it before. I have a couple more Kodachromes shot
last November (not posted on my site) of some relatives climbing a distant
hill. I was surprised at how well they turned out considering I added the
2X-A in a real hurry. It was during this series I noticed that moving the
cable release around caused noticeable jarring of the image in the
viewfinder, and put it on the self-timer for prefire.
If I were shooting 600mm very often better tripod bracing with special
super telephoto support would be required. A gearhead would allow
precision framing at that length too; a normal panhead can be difficult to
position accurately. Sometimes I've yearned for the 400mm, but then it
wouldn't be used enough to justify the cost (maybe a 1.4X-A on the 300mm
would be a better cost/benefit for the usage).
Anyway, thanks.
-- John
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